Process Improvement 101

As a Project Governance and /or Manager Specialist I build a deep understanding of customers needs. Below is a simple predictive IT costing matrix we used at a very large client for a 40 million dollar project. The object was to quantify large RFPs (Request for Bid) from consulting firms. The end result was to finalize which ERP and development components were absolutely required over the next 2 years to optimize the clients business....

Critical Thinking – “purposeful, self-regulatory judgment which results in interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference, as well as explanation of the evidential, conceptual, methodological, or contextual considerations upon which that judgment is based”          -Wikipedia Make your robot vacuum clean your floor… or only one specific spot on the floor Help you to pair your meal with the right wine Turn...

Are you in control of your data? Are you ready for more SAP Data Analytics with S4 HANA? Perhaps not.  I want to extract Standard SAP reports and lists across the supply chain providing a detailed analysis of Key performance Indices for you. I want to help you avoid Z reports and show you how powerful many standard SAP reports and associated graphics are. We could even use a tool to quickly extract large sets of data for you. I would...

You have had a number of people pass through your company with brilliant suggestions on how to fix your business. IT has their own ideas; Six Sigma brings their own methods, Sales promises new records   and all those new Vice Presidents you hire?  They all have plenty of years of experience, probably advanced degrees and are ready to save your Supply Chain or S&OP …or even the world! The reality is that there are no shortcuts to...

In one of my latest articles – “SAP Supply Chain Monitoring Best Practises” I spoke about a Supply Chain Executive’s winning formula. Included in that winning formula is #2 Maintain strategic focus Define Key Initiatives & Metrics. I would highly recommend re-reading that article as this one builds on it. What astonishes me is how many companies do not use standard SAP reporting to measure key metrics. SAP provides up to 300...

A Supply Chain Executive’s  winning formula is: Support the CEO’s vision and provide a Supply Chain vision Maintain a strategic focus including: Help create and support a Focused Business Plan Define Key Initiatives & metrics All of the above easily remembered and communicated Create  an A+ team Make sure accountability is in place Simplify and keep on simplifying Let’s first look at accountability and simplifying. In...